Antechinus leo Van Dyck, 1980 . Aust. Mammal., 3: 1.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Queensland, Cape York Peninsula, Nesbit River, Buthen Buthen (13° 21' S, 143° 28' E) .

DISTRIBUTION: Cape York Peninsula from the Iron Range to the southern limit of the Mcllwraith Range (Queensland, Australia).